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OSHA Injury Report: Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, LA 70816 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN First Assistant in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Parent company
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Street
17000 Medical Center Dr.
City
Baton Rouge
State
LA
ZIP
70816
On-site location
Operating Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

suturing patient

Worker states she was closing the skin on a patient and loss her grip on the needle holder which caused the needle to go into her L thumb.

Needlestick to left thumb with suture needle

Suture Needle

Needlestick to left thumb with suture needle

Job description
RN First Assistant
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1121
Total hours worked
1738951
EIN
720502505
Establishment ID
485957
Employer case #
AAAC000000
Date of incident
Shift started
6:15:00.000
Time of incident
11:15:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:21:39:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.